I have a feeling it will go through. Hope CMA can hold up under the pressure
Microsoft's acquisition of Activison Blizzard
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You guys have to stop stressing out over every little piece of news that comes out about this.
Just watch the CMA hearing or read their tweets after the EC approval. They aren't bowing to pressure.
Don't fall for the shills who are making it seem so.
Who cares if it passes anyway? (looks like it won't)
Xbox is dead, people need to relax and enjoy the spectacle of Xbox being humiliated one last time.
My grandma could approve this and i'd put the odds higher of the deal going through than this.Microsoft's planned $69B Activision purchase gets China antitrust approval - report
Microsoft's planned $69B Activision purchase gets China antitrust approval - report
Microsofts (MSFT) planned $69 billion acquisition of Activision received approval from China's antitrust regulator. Chinas State Administration for Market Regulation granted...seekingalpha.com
Yep, the only relevant regulators are FTC, EC and CMA.
FTC and CMA have blocked the deal.
CMA is not changing their decision.
The problem with the FTC is that it's an US regulator and that is the same as not having a regulator because companies run the country.
The other thing with china is there really wouldn't be any competition concerns.
Console and cloud gaming market is different in the USA and UK then china.
No doubt you'll see the shills trying to use this approval as a way of saying it could pressure the FTC and CMA. I'm sure even Microsoft know how useless this approval is for appeals.
I'm curious if there are any other countries with an independent regulator that works the same way the cma does.
It's also unfortunate that the FTC basically has no power.
It's also unfortunate that the FTC basically has no power.
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Draft of the final order here.
This is them preparing the coffin for burial.
Oh wow some people on reera are finally accepting the reality.
Also love how China approving is basically a nothing burger at this point
Also love how China approving is basically a nothing burger at this point
It's because, and this is the honest truth, a lot of the people who desperately want guys like Phil Spencer to be their friend, have no actual IRL friends or meaningful relationships of their own. So they use public figures like Phil to get a taste of what they otherwise lack. Para-social relationships, that's what they seek in public figures like Phil Spencer, that way they can feel better about themselves .
Someone who has themselves mostly in good order, has meaningful friendships and relationships in their real lives, doesn't need to cling to public figures in a para-social dynamic, especially gaming CEOs. They don't need affirmation of their own life choices or beliefs by having other people share every single belief they have in order to be considered a "good" person, or especially be successful in running a gaming unit.
Yep. No need to as the CMA process killed the deal and ABK is likely to pull out by July. There's no incentive to tie themselves to the losing position Microsoft is in.
The funniest thing about Microsoft potentially pulling out of UK (which deffo won't happen) is Microsoft having to give up Playground Games since they are a British studio who make Forza xD
Playground, Rare, is compulsion in the UK too? Theyd be shutting down like 3 or 4 projects which to be fair half of them probably wont come out anyways.